Protesters collect in Epping as bottles and flares are thrown

[ad_1] Aimee Dexter BBC Information, Essex

Greg Mckenzie BBC Information, Essex

<img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/1646/live/ad0659e0-65a1-11f0-8dbd-f3d32ebd3327.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/1646/live/ad0659e0-65a1-11f0-8dbd-f3d32ebd3327.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/1646/live/ad0659e0-65a1-11f0-8dbd-f3d32ebd3327.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/1646/live/ad0659e0-65a1-11f0-8dbd-f3d32ebd3327.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/1646/live/ad0659e0-65a1-11f0-8dbd-f3d32ebd3327.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/1646/live/ad0659e0-65a1-11f0-8dbd-f3d32ebd3327.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/1646/live/ad0659e0-65a1-11f0-8dbd-f3d32ebd3327.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/1646/live/ad0659e0-65a1-11f0-8dbd-f3d32ebd3327.jpg.webp" loading="eager" alt="PA Media A group of mostly male protesters, some standing on the back of flatbed truck with a white cab. Some are wearing caps or face coverings, while others point their mobile phone cameras towards the photographer. The air is smoky from flares and plumes of blue smoke are rising up from the crowd" class="sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj"/> PA Media There have been a variety of demonstrations outdoors the Bell Lodge in Epping, believed to be housing asylum seekers

Bottles and smoke flares have been thrown in direction of police automobiles throughout a protest at a lodge used to accommodate asylum seekers.

Greater than 1,000 folks have gathered on the web site of the Bell Lodge in Epping, Essex, after a protest was organised for 18:00 BST.

Essex Police mentioned one particular person had been arrested and was being taken into custody. The dysfunction adopted the arrest and cost of an asylum seeker final week on suspicion of alleged sexual assaults within the city.

Unrest on the web site on Thursday led to 3 arrests, with plans for the most recent protest prompting the pressure to announce a piece 60AA order requiring the removing of face coverings would stay in place till Monday.

Demonstrators chanted "ship them house" and "save our children", as projectiles had been thrown in direction of police vans blocking the doorway to the lodge.

Many had travelled from throughout the UK, with one girl from Scotland telling the BBC she felt compelled to "help native folks and get the asylum seekers out".

Police additionally surrounded a counter-protester, an aged girl, earlier than escorting her out of the realm as masked protesters adopted her and shouted abuse.

<img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/e1e4/live/0719cbc0-659c-11f0-8dbd-f3d32ebd3327.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/e1e4/live/0719cbc0-659c-11f0-8dbd-f3d32ebd3327.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/e1e4/live/0719cbc0-659c-11f0-8dbd-f3d32ebd3327.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/e1e4/live/0719cbc0-659c-11f0-8dbd-f3d32ebd3327.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/e1e4/live/0719cbc0-659c-11f0-8dbd-f3d32ebd3327.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/e1e4/live/0719cbc0-659c-11f0-8dbd-f3d32ebd3327.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/e1e4/live/0719cbc0-659c-11f0-8dbd-f3d32ebd3327.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/e1e4/live/0719cbc0-659c-11f0-8dbd-f3d32ebd3327.jpg.webp" loading="lazy" alt="PA Media crowd of people - some wearing masks - gathering - some are sitting on top of cars or looking at their phones. It is a bright sunny evening" class="sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj"/> PA Media Essex Police was conscious of a deliberate protest on the web site from 18:00 BST on Sunday and had an order in place which allowed for the removing of face coverings

<img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/8e6e/live/d96163a0-659b-11f0-9860-39ad79010224.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/8e6e/live/d96163a0-659b-11f0-9860-39ad79010224.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/8e6e/live/d96163a0-659b-11f0-9860-39ad79010224.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/8e6e/live/d96163a0-659b-11f0-9860-39ad79010224.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/8e6e/live/d96163a0-659b-11f0-9860-39ad79010224.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/8e6e/live/d96163a0-659b-11f0-9860-39ad79010224.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/8e6e/live/d96163a0-659b-11f0-9860-39ad79010224.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/8e6e/live/d96163a0-659b-11f0-9860-39ad79010224.jpg.webp" loading="lazy" alt="Greg McKenzie/BBC A line of women holding handmade cardboard banners, saying "Make Epping Safe Again" and "I'm not far right, I'm worried about my kids". Some are wearing sunglasses. The banners also bear hearts and England flags" class="sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj"/> Greg McKenzie/BBC Protesters carrying banners on the demonstration in Epping on Sunday night

The Part 60AA order comes after police mentioned the protest on Thursday had concerned folks carrying face coverings and "committing severe acts of dysfunction". Eight law enforcement officials had been injured.

One man was earlier charged with violent dysfunction and prison harm following earlier clashes outdoors the lodge.

A spokesperson for the pressure added: "We are going to deal robustly and shortly with anybody intent on coming into Epping to commit egocentric prison behaviour.

"The fitting to peaceable protest is protected by regulation and permits everybody freedom of expression, however this have to be accomplished respectfully and if there's a threat to public order we are going to act appropriately."

The order is in place round Epping together with its tube station.

<img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/52ea/live/ef444390-659b-11f0-9860-39ad79010224.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/52ea/live/ef444390-659b-11f0-9860-39ad79010224.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/52ea/live/ef444390-659b-11f0-9860-39ad79010224.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/52ea/live/ef444390-659b-11f0-9860-39ad79010224.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/52ea/live/ef444390-659b-11f0-9860-39ad79010224.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/52ea/live/ef444390-659b-11f0-9860-39ad79010224.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/52ea/live/ef444390-659b-11f0-9860-39ad79010224.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/52ea/live/ef444390-659b-11f0-9860-39ad79010224.jpg.webp" loading="lazy" alt="PA Media A group of police officers in fluorescent tabards speaking into talkback devices and holding riot helmets - there is a large police van in the background at the entrance to a building with a Bell Hotel sign " class="sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj"/> PA Media There's a heavy police presence within the space

Thursday's demonstration was one among a sequence of protests outdoors the lodge since 38-year-old asylum seeker Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was charged with sexual assault - after an incident the place he's alleged to have tried to kiss a 14-year-old woman.